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Thank you, I think he only has mucous because I caught him with a net in order to see it's belly if it is sunken in, and he got a little frantic. Thanks, This is pretty reassuring, they definitely were surrendered to the pet store when I bought them.

The fin has been nipped on the big one but other than that it is totally fine

could I use the flubendazole with the food method? the shrimp will have minimal to no contact with the food

Thank you for your replies! I’ll get some pictures once I return home. My cories also go to around 80-90 f in summer without any problem, but I feel like maybe the change of season wasn’t as apparent this year specifically so they got stressed? The strange thing is, only fish from that specific...

I think I may have found the issue, the temperature is too high, the tank is at 78-80 f, which I've never set it this high before in spring/winter. In summer it easily gets to more than 80, but I will lower the temperature and see how they do. Does anyone have experience with this?

Hello, about a year ago, I purchased 6 very big peppered cories from my LFS, and suddenly, they are all dying. I think there is only around 1 or 2 left from that batch. water has been the same, Wondering if it's age or something since they were very old when purchased and also no other fish...

oh, I think that makes a lot of sense then. I emptied the whole thing today, and the water was exactly like a giant infusoria culture... along with almost a carpet of fallen persimmon leaves. imagine 20 gallons of this: not my image*

decay might be a good reason... It's under a persimmon tree, which sheds many leaves and potentially rotten fruit. I will try to remove those best as I can. The volume is around 20 - 22 gallons, and has a sand bottom, it receives basically direct sunlight 8 hours probably (half is shielded by...

okay, so i just keep it as dry as possible?

okay, Its gonna rain for a few days, is it okay if I just let rain fill it back up at least partially?

Last year in summer, I set up a new mini pond, and within a few weeks everything clouded up... It is still clouded up now, and the water is not green, but is white like a bacterial bloom. The floaters all grew abnormally long roots, and everything is "slimy" The bottom is a thin layer of sand...

Thanks for the help guys! There’s now 3-4 baby characodons in the small tank. they are very large, as big as guppy fry with 1 whole month of growth

thanks! I saw one of the crabs yesterday and left a bloodworm there. he ate it right when the lights were off and returned to his cave!

There's been some fungus blooms in the terrarium section of the tank which is why I think they are multiplying so much... I'm using dead mosss as a base for most of the plants and some mold grows on that. there's barely any rotten stuff in the water section. i think they just like to gather in...

I love clown killies, and I think they'd fit the tank nicely as well. the water I use for this tank is softened water! our normal water is pretty hard but the softened water should be decently soft, plus the tannins from the wood. i will definitely check out different killifish, but I'm afraid...

Hello everyone! In the water section of my paludarium, the springtails are multiplying extremely quickly... even though they are very cute, so many of them swarming around doesn't look that good. I'm wondering if there's any small fish or other critter that can eat springtails? Conditions...

i bet they could! I think they'd have a better chance catching shrimp and snails (which is probably why there's no more of them in the tank) because these bugs are super small.

I moved the female to a breeding tank that just has a few guppy fry in it, hopefully she will drop her babies and I can move her out.

hello! thanks! they are not in a species only tank, and there are rasboras which I fear will eat the fry... will it be alright to separate the female into a breeding tank just for her to drop the fry?

Hello everyone! I recently got characodon lateralis "los berros", a uncommon fish from Mexico. One of the females seems to be pregnant and I am wondering how to take care of the fry. @emeraldking I saw characodon on your website, and wondering if you can help? Is it okay to separate the female...

Hi! I'd love to show you some pictures, I'll get on my phone and send them here! A little bit of a mold problem, but other than that it's nice!

oh okay, I just leave them a bit of food and they will come to find it themselves?

update: I just saw one of them poking their legs out in the moss, but when I went back 5 minutes later it was gone... How am I supposed to feed them? I think they can definitely survive with the moss and rotting leaves but I'd like to give them some bloodwomrs once in a while

Hello! I've had my vampire crab paludarium running for a while now, and some animals just disappeared like my mystery snail and shrimps, but I think that is because of bad water conditions in the start. The crabs seem to be more resilient and can just go on land if water is bad. Now I can...

I think you can make a little thing with clean rocks and it will work fine for waterlogging the driftwood, if that is your goal. you can just strap the rocks onto the driftwood and take them off when it's sunken

will they get stuck in the plants then? They are quite interesting! The project is on pause since it's winter, and it did not go well last season sadly. 3 out of 5 ricefish went missing and the pair of honey gouramis I put in died. It was a new pond though. I will look into more plants for the...

Hello! I want to use hydrogen peroxide to spot treat my paludarium mold, but I'm wondering if it will harm my vampire crabs springtails ate all of the hairy mold, but left alone the lumpy ones.

update, I just found some Vampire crabs! maybe will add dart frogs or geckos some time. got 1 male 1 female, but I want to get some more females sooner or later. Any tips on feeding them? they are scared of me... there's plenty of rotten leaves, but I want to give them some Protein supplements